Characterization of MHC class I and β2-microglobulin sequences in Atlantic cod reveals an unusually high number of expressed class I genes

Immunogenetics

Volumn 50, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 49-59

  Persson, Anna Carin ^a   Stet, René J M ^b   Pilström, Lars ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

2 microglobulin; Atlantic cod; Mhc class I

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 MICROGLOBULIN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CLONE; DNA LIBRARY; DNA SEQUENCE; FISH; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY GENE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BETA 2-MICROGLOBULIN; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FISHES; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LIBRARY; GENES, MHC CLASS I; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ANIMALIA; GADUS MORHUA;

EID: 0032839981     PISSN: 00937711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002510050685     Document Type: Article

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